On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 19:28, J Simpson V21 wrote: > Hi all, > > I have installed Redhat 9 and it all seems to have gone fine, but I can't > get online. I have a Motorola SM56 Speakerphone modem. Redhat say it is > certified and ease of installation is 4, which is the easiest to install. > >From what I can gather should do the business when I install the software. > > I have been on various forum lists where people have told me it is a soft > modem? A winmodem? And I should go and purchase another one, (but not so > politely). > > Is it possible to get online with this modem? > If not why do Redhat say it is certified? Is that certified to drive you > mad? As the first reply..(archives) It's certified for RedHat 7.0 not RedHat, and it's probably a political decision for removing the sm56 driver. > How do I know if I replace the modem, that the one I will purchase will be a > proper modem? > The person who built my machine only works in a windows environment, and did > tell me it was a proper modem. > > Is it worth me bringing my machine over on Tuesday 23rd as I intend to come > over? > I'm no longer in Sheffield, but there is an rpm to from Motorolla site which can be installed (needs gcc to install the driver). -- Regards, Adam Allen. adam [at] dynamicinteraction.co.uk pgp http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x553349DB
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